The Rice Value Chain Compact
of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-funded “Technologies for African
Agricultural Transformation (TAAT)” initiative was officially launched, 6-7
September 2018, at the AfricaRice Research Station in M’bé near Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire.
The TAAT Rice Value Chain Compact will contribute to the AfDB ‘Feed Africa’
initiative through enhanced deployment of impactful technologies, innovations
and products in the rice value chain.
Partners along the rice value
chain from 10 African countries attended the project launch to discuss the
implementation plan at country level, the technologies that will be deployed
and the approaches and strategies for scaling up the technologies.
Implementation will start in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda, with spill-over in Burkina Faso,
Mali and Guinea in the first year.
As part of the program, the
participants had a guided tour of AfricaRice demonstration plots, seed multiplication,
the postharvest and processing facility and the Genetic Resources Unit. The
visit allowed them to see some of the technologies that have been selected for
scaling up through the TAAT Rice Compact.
Poster
and brochures (click on the web links to view) :
·
TAAT Rice Value
Chain Compact
https://bit.ly/2N197C7
https://bit.ly/2N197C7
·
ASI Thresher
·
Good Agricultural
Practices (GAP)
· RiceAdvice
·
GEM Parboiling
Technology
·
Improved rice varieties
for Africa
PowerPoint presentations (click on the web links to
view) :
1.
Recensement électronique et géo-référence des
acteurs de la chaine de valeur riz: cas des pays TAAT
2.
Innovation
Platforms
3.
Post-harvest
& Processing Technologies
4.
Partnerships for
efficient quality seed production and variety dissemination
5.
Good
Agricultural Practices (GAP)
6.
RiceAdvice
Audio Podcasts (click on the web links to listen) :
1.
Dr
Etienne Duveiller, Deputy Director General and Director of Research for
Development (DR4D), speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off
Workshop
2.
Dr
Sidi Sanyang, AfricaRice Program Leader, Rice Sector Development Program and
TAAT Rice Compact Coordinator, speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch:
Project Kick-Off Workshop
3.
Dr
Jean Ekwe Dossa, IFDC Agronomist/Soil Scientist, speaking at the TAAT Rice
Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
4.
Dr Omar
Ndaw Faye, ISRA Rice Breeder, speaking at the TAAT Rice Compact
Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
5.
Dr
Richard Appoh, IWMI Research Officer – Agriculture Water Management, speaking
at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
6.
Rachidi
A. presenting on behalf of AfricaRice Impact Assessment Economist Dr Arouna
Aminou on "Recensement électronique et géo-référence des acteurs de la
chaine de valeur riz: cas des pays TAAT" at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch:
Project Kick-Off Workshop
7.
AfricaRice
Social Scientist Dr Josey Kamanda presenting on 'Innovation Platforms' at the
TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
8.
AfricaRice
Seed Production Specialist Dr Saidu Bah presenting on 'Partnerships for
efficient quality seed production and variety dissemination' at the TAAT Rice
Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
9.
AfricaRice
Extension agronomist Dr Senthilkumar Kalimuthu presenting on 'Good Agricultural
Practices (GAP)' at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off
Workshop
10. Dr Senthilkumar Kalimuthu presenting on
behalf of AfricaRice Agronomist Dr Kazuki Saito on 'RiceAdvice' at the TAAT
Rice Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop
11. AfricaRice Grain Quality &
Post-harvest Technologist Dr Sali Ndindeng presenting
on'Post-harvest and Processing Technologies' at the TAAT Rice Compact Launch:
Project Kick-Off Workshop
Photos (click on the web link to view) :
•
Scenes
from the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Rice
Compact Launch: Project Kick-Off Workshop, 6-7 Sep 2018, AfricaRice M’bé
Research Station, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
https://bit.ly/2p2kThb
https://bit.ly/2p2kThb
